TCIC(4)
π TCIC(4) β the Databook PCMCIA controller driver, bestie
Okay so real talk: this is the tcic manual page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's lowkey serving "niche hardware support that ate." Let's get into it π
β¨ NAME β¨
tcic β the Databook PCMCIA controller driver
Like, it's literally the driver for Databook PCMCIA controllers. That's the vibe. π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
tcic0 at isa? port 0x240 iomem 0xd0000 iosiz 0x4000
pcmcia* at tcic? controller ? socket ?
No cap, those two lines are the whole configuration moment. Copy them exactly, bestie β port 0x240, iomem 0xd0000, iosiz 0x4000, and all those question marks are doing main character work. π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
So NetBSD provides support for the Databook DB86082, DB86084, DB86184, and DB86072 PCMCIA controllers. That's it. That's the whole description. Four iconic little chips and their moment in the kernel spotlight β¨
It's giving "specific hardware, specific support, no notes." π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
Go read those too, iykyk π«Ά
β HISTORY β
The tcic driver appeared in NetBSD 1.4. Periodt. It's been around, and we respect the longevity π
Source/version vibes: this page is from Debian, dated May 21, 1999 β yes, the footer said so, and we're mentioning it because the facts stay facts, even when the vibe is immaculate πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: netbsd-source 11.0
- Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms